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If there is a single message that emerges from the wonderful essays contained in this volume, it is that economics is hard. The fact that virtually all economists agree on a handful of simple truths that describe the marketplace belies the fact that, when push comes to shove, dynamic economic proces...
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If there is a single message that emerges from the wonderful essays contained in this volume, it is that economics is hard. The fact that virtually all economists agree on a handful of simple truths that describe the marketplace belies the fact that, when push comes to shove, dynamic economic processes are notoriously difficult to understand and control. The Economic Crisis in Retrospect provides the reader with a window into how some of the most perceptive economic thinkers of the last two centuries have wrestled with these issues. Steven G. Medema, University of Colorado, US. When the fina |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 193 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781782545323 (hardback) : 1782545328 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HB3717 2008 |
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F119 F831.59 |
| Call Number: | F831.59/E195-3 |
| Contents: | 1. Insights for today's trying economic times / Robert M. Whaples and G. Page West III -- 2. Insights from Walter Bagehot / Perry Mehrling -- 3. Insights from Thorstein Veblen / Robert Prasch -- 4. Insights from John Maynard Keynes / Bradley Bateman -- 5. Insights from the Great Depression / Peter Temin -- 6. Insights from Joseph Schumpeter / Richard N. Langlois -- 7. Insights from Friedrich Hayek / Bruce Caldwell -- 8. Drawing lines in U.S. monetary and fiscal history / Thomas J. Sargent. |